Reverse-gearing.



H. A.TUTTLE. REVERSE GEARING. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1907.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908. 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

J \jizaeiz 502" H. A. TUTTLE.

REVERSE GEARING. APPLIGATION TILED AUG. 29, 1907:

Patented Q61; 20, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

of a' case which is made large enough to inclose'all thegearing, and said gear is free to revolve in said case'or to'turn with said case according to whether it is disconnected from or connected with said case. The toothed portion-of the internal gear is disposed in parallelism with the axis of the pimons and terminates substantially flush with the outer ends of said pinions'. Thecylindrical body of the case comprises a cylindrical wall f and an end wall f formed integral therewith, and thelatter has a central holethrough it which receives loosely the hub 41 of the internal gear. The'cylindrical wall f extends beyond the outer ends of the pinions and engages the late 6 and is rigid y secured to'said plate 2 by screws f or other means. Thus the late 1) serves ,as the outer end wall of the mclosing case for the gearing and also as a means for rigidly connecting the frame hearing the pinions with the'inclosmg case. 'As the bearings orsu ports for the pinions' are thus connected wit the inclosing case it will be seen thatwhen said case is free to revolve the inionsmay move rotarily about the axis -of t e driving shaft 0, with or by the spur gear, and when said case is held'at restsaid pinions will' revolve on their axes and will not move rotarily about the axis okthe drivingshaft. I I

The hub 11 of the internal-gear hasa cylindrical ortion (1 next its crown upon whlch one en of the inclo sing case is mounted, and a screw-threaded portlon d, at or near its outer end, which receives-upon it an adjustable; collar h.

' A circular plate h" -is placed upon the c lindrical ortion d of the hub (1, against t e end wal f "of the case, and isheld against independent rotation and permitted to slide longitudinally thereon by means of keys 9,

which are secured to the hub and project'ra-- dially therefrom and enter keyways formed in the hub of said plate h". The plate h is designed and intended to serve as a friction clutch plate or member for engaging the case, and its sliding movement on the hub is only sufficient to enable said plate to be' moved into and out of engagement with the case. a means for moving said clutch plate h into engagement with the case a cir-" cular plate 9 is placed against said plate h, which is mounted loosely on a hub formed on said plate It, andis movable in a direction toward and from'th'e caseto thereby :move the plate h into engagement with thecase or-to permit said plate It to disengage' the case, when pressure upon it is relieved.

case, by pins 9 or otherwise, which extend through said plate and into the case; These pins are herein shown as fixed to the case,: so that the plate 1 moves, on said pins when moved to operate the'clutch plate h clutch plate k sai support for it.

4 bar, which he For-compactness of part's,as Well as to pro-' vide for protecting the plate g, the endwall of the case is recessed to receive said plate g.

When the plate is moved toward the clutch plate is in engagement with the end wall. of the case, and

l the; case will be connected with the internal gear; and hence with the driven shaft e; and

-when said plate 9 moved in the opposite direction-pressure on the clutch plate h is relieved and. the case will be disconnectedv from the internal gear andhence from the driven shaft. For the purpose of .movir-g the plate 9 into and out of en agement with ,the clutch plate the collar h, W 'ch is mounted on the screw-threaded portion of the hub d is cut away toreceive a ring h, which' is recessed to receive the .toes 't of-levers' i, which are pivoted at i and extend in the general direction of the driven shaft e and engage, at their outer ends, a cone 1'. I The cone 7' is mounted loosely on the driven shaft 6, so as-to permit saidshaft-to revolve freely -within it, yetenable it to be moved along on the shaft, which-latter serves as a bearing and When the-cone is moved in one direction, as for instance, 'in the direction of the arrow thereon, the levers will be moved outwardly on their pivots and the toes ofsaid levers,.by engaging the ring k will cause the levers, to act to move the plate g toward and into engagement with the clutch plate h and when said cone is moved inthe opposite direction the levers will be released and the lateg moved away from said late. 7 The cone 7' fixed to armg j, whic is formed with trunnions 7' which enter holes provided for them in the bent bars k, k, of the actuating -lever, so that said ring is borne by said lever and is held from rotation. Movement v of the actuating-lever operates the coneto v move-the friction clutch plate k into and out of engagementwith the case.- The bent bars sites, and'at one end are bolted to a handle kand at the opposite end are pivotally con-'- k, k of the actuating-lever are made as opp nected tothe extremity of. a fixed bar m, and

' theintermediate portions of said bars 7:, k, are bent to inclose the ring which is connected with the cone p A brake-band 1s pro -'ded for the cylindrical case whicli isad'apted to be operated to engage and hold the caseat rest orto release the case and permit it to revolve and, :as herein shown, said-band is vcomposed of two semi circular portions o,,.o,- shaped to embrace the case, -e'aeh p'ortion having ears 0'', 0" at its 'oppositeends which are extended outwardly, and, which, when secured -to-; The plate 9 is slidably connected with the -v gather, hold'the two parts of the. band in poand a bolt-.m asses through said ears and l ds them assembled and also holdsxth'e. bar fixed position. The end of the'bar 'm' which is located between the ears 0, 0, is formed with oppositely inclined faces, as. shown in Fig. 3, and theears o, 0, wh ch engage'sald faces are formed with arfallelfaces, and. as a result said ears o,0 are held at slight angles with respect to each other, being brought nearer together-at their outer ends This tends to cause the opposite ends of said semicircularv bands to separate so as to disenga e the case sufiiciently to permit the case to revolve freely. To cause the brake-band to engage t'h case and restrain it from rotation the two semioircularportions are drawn toward each other and to accomplish this result the 'bolt 0 which passes through the uppermost ears 0, 0 is made long enough to receive upon it an arm n having a cam fa'c'ed boss n, and said arm .lS arranged between the head of the bolt and one of the ears 0, s that the cam-faced portionof the boss engages the contiguous ear, and said armisadapted to be turned on the bolt as an axis and when so moved its cam-faced boss .acts uponione of the ears to move it toward the other ear and therebymove one of the semicircular portions into engagement with the case and also to'draw the bolt longitudinally to move the other semicircular portion into engagement-with the case. Thus, by turning said arm in one the two. semicircular-portions is sufficient to 'ermit thegn to he moved toward each other yfthe cam-faced boss to engage the case,

' whichlacts'to separate said portions when the pressure of the boss upon them 'is relieved. g-omove the armn back and forth for the purpose of operating the'brake-ba'nd, it-is connected by a link' "n with the actuatinglever 1132, it Being bent at a point intermediate its length to enable this connection to be ma The actuating-lever 7c? is designed and intended to occupy. three different positions, a right, a left, and an intermediate-position. When moved to its'extreme left 'OSltiOIl the driving shaft will "be 'connecte driven shaft to turn the latter'in'the same direction-it is revolving,-'and when moved into its intermediate position the. driven. shaft will be disconnected from the driving. shaft and-hence will remain at rest while the I driving shaftrevolves, and when moved into may be revolved in either direction or may its "extreme right position the driven shaftwill be connected with the driving shaft in such manner that it is revolved in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of said driving shaft. Therefore the driven shaft remain at rest.

1n the first position above r'eferredto, with the actuating lever in its left position, as rep.-

with i theresented in Fig. 2, theclui .h-plate h f -is moved into engagement-with the case, there by connecting the case withlthe internal gear,

which is connectedwith the drivensliaft e,

and the brake-band is loosened, the case to revolve-freely, and wit spur-gear, hence the driven-shaft T a, will be revolved 1n the same direction-as the drivi shaft 1. g

In the second position above re- .ferred to, with the actuating-leverin fintermediate position, the clutch-plate W is dlsengaged from the case, thereby dishonnecting the case from the internal gearand from the driven-shaft e, and the brake-band is loosened permitting the-case to revolve freely, independently of .tlie internahgear, and withjthe parts in this position, as the driving-shaft a revolves,.':t'he pinions travel rotarily about the spur-gear, and also re.-

v'olve on their axes in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of said. spuregear,

as the'drivirig' shaft a reand the case movesabout the spur-gear with the pinions, and theinternal gear remains at rest and consequently the driven shaft e will remain at rest while'the driving shaft a revolves.

In the third position" above referred to, with the actuating lever in its right? position the clutch plate 72. is disengaged from the case,'th ereby disconnecting the case from the internal gear and from the driven-shaft -e, and the brake-band is tightened about the case .to thereby hold said case at rest, and with the parts inthis position, asthe driv- 'ing-shaft a revolves, the pinions revolve on theiraxes but do not move rotarily about the spur gear or about the axis 'thereof and the internal gear is revolved by. said pinions'in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the spur gear, and the driven-shaft e is thereby revolved in a direction 0 to the direction of rotation 'of the-r rivingshaft a. i

The two members 0, o of the brake band are referablyeach provided with an outwardly extended lug-0 which are adapted to rest upon fixed supports, and thereby prevent the ban'dfrom turning with respect to the case whenever it is'oper'ated.

'The .friction clutch mechanism herein shown forms the subject matterof another ap pli'cation, Serial No. 439,940, filed-June 23,

1908, and the. brake band herein shown forms the subject matter of another application, Serial No. 439,941, filed June 23, 1908.

Having thus described ny invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-. ters Patent is:

posite 1. In a reverse gearin the combination with the driving-shaft am spur-gear thereon,

of pinions engaging said sp'ungear, an 'internal v e ar n enga ed by said pinions, a driven-shalt tow ich said internal gear is secured, an in'closing 'casefor the gearin'g,

supported at one end-by the, driving-shaft and at the o posite end by the driven-shaft,-

studs exten ed inwardly from one end wall.

of said case'bearing said, inions, a clutch for ..-connecting said case wit 1 the} driven-shaft,

a brake band for 'engaging'said case to. hold it at rest,- anI -actuating lever and means for operat ng .said clutchconnected with said actuating lever, and. means for operating said brake band, also connectedwith said actuat1nglever-, substantially as described.

-2. Ina reverse gearing, the combinationwith the driving-shaft and spur-ge ar thereon, f-pinions engaging said spur-gear, an internal ear engaged by said pinions, a driven-s aft to which said internal gear is -secured,van inclosing case for the gearing supported at one end bythejdriving-shaft',

and atthe 0 'posite end by the driven-shaft,

" studs exten ed-inwa'rdly'from one end wall of said case bearing said pinions,a plate containedgin the case and su portedon the hub of said spurgeart'o whici the inner ends of said studs are secured, a clutch-for connecting said case with the driven-sl1aft,-.and. a'

brake-band for, engaging said case to hold it at'rest, an actuating lever and means for operating said clutch connected with said actu ating-lever, and means for operating said brake-band-also connected with said actuating' lever, substantially as described.

3'.- :In a reverse gearing, the combination with the driving-shaft and spur-gear thereon,

of 'pinions engaging saidspur-gear, an internal; ear engaged by said pinions, -a driven-jiaftf to which said-internal-gear is secured, an inclosingcase. for the gearing supported at one end by the driving-shaft and at the o 'posit'eend by .the driven-shaft,

studs'exten ed inwardly irom one end w all of "'saidcase'bearing's'aid inions, a clutchgear which is plate mounted on thehu of the internal movable toward and from the case, a. brakeband surrounding the case, an actuating-lever and means'for operating said .clu'tch plate connected v with said actu atinglever and means for operating said bralrehand-also connected with said actuatingl'ever, substantially as described. 4. Ina reverse gearing, the combination with a' driving-shaft and spur-gear thereon. of pinions engaging said spur-gear, an internal gear engaged by said pinions, a driven-.

shaft to which said internalgearis secured,

which said an inclosing case for the gearing supported at "one end by'the driving-shaft and at the opposite end by the driven-shaft, studs extending nwardlyjfrom one wall of said .case upon pinions are mounted, a plate to which the inner ends of saidstuds are se-' ciired, which is supported upon the driving-.

shaft, whereby the studs supporting the pin.

with a driving-shaft and spur-gear ions are supported atboth ends and held in parallel sm the driving shaft, meanslfor' connecting said case with and disconnecting it fi'om'the driven-shaft, and means for enga mg'said case to "hold ittat rest, substantia ly as described.

In. a reverse caring, the combination with a driving-she t and spur-gear thereon;

of pinions engaging saidspur-gear, an nter nal gear engaged by said pinions, a drivenshaft-to which said internal gear .is secured,

.an inclosing case for-the gearing su'ported atone end by"thedriving-shaft an at the opposite-end by the driven-shaft, studs extending inwardly from one wall-of said case upon which-said pinions are -mounted, a plate to which the inner ends of said studs are secured which. is supported upon the driving-shaft and which overlies the spurgear, whereby the studs supporting the pinparallelism with the driving-shaft and the pinions. and gear are held from endwise movement relative to each other, means for connecting said casewith and disconnecting it from the'driven-shaft, and means for engaging said case'to hold it at rest, substantia ly as described.

6. In a reverse earing,- the combination thereon, of pinions engaging said spur-gear, an inter- -nal gear engaged by said pinions, a drivenshaft to which said internal gearis secured,

ions are supported at both ends and held in an inclosing case for the gearing, bearings for 'said pi'nions and means supporting both ends of saidwbearings which are connected with 'said' case, means for preventing endwise movement of the pinions and gear relative to each other,- means for connecting said case wlth and dlsconnect ng it from the drivendriven-shaft, studs extending inwardly from one end wall to said. case, upon which said pinions are mounted, which are disposed in parallelism with the driving shaft, a clutch, means for moving it to connect said case with the driven-shaft, a brake, and means for moving it to engage said case and hold it at rest,

substantially as described.

In a reverse gearing, the combination of;

a driving-shaft, a spur gear thereon, means for holding said spur gear against endwise movement of the shaft, pinions engaging said 's ur gear, bearings therefor disposed in paralelism with the driving-shaft, means for holding said bearings-in parallelism w th the senses lriving sl'1aft and against endwise movement, an internal gear engaged by said pinions, a driven shaft bearing said internal gear, means for holding said internal gear on sald driven shaft against endwlse movement,

an inclosing case for the gearing supported at one end by the driving shaft and at the op. osite end by the driven shaft, means for 'iolding said inclosing case against endwise niovenient, a'elutch, means for moving it-to connect said ease with the driven shaft, a brake and means for operating it to engage said case and hold it at rest, substantially as described.

9. In a reverse gearing, i'illG'COlTlbiIlfl'biOIl with the driving-shaft and spur-gear rigidly secured thereto, of pinions engaging said spur-gear, an"internal gear engaged by said prmons. a driven-shaft to which said internal gear is rigidly secured, an inolosing ease for the gearing supported at one ,end by the driving-shaft and at the opposite end bythe driven-shaft; bearings forsaidpinions connected with the case, means borne by the drivingshaft for preventing endwise movementof the .pinions and gear relative to each other, means for connecting said ease With and disconnecting it from the driven-shaft, and means for engaging said ease to hold it at rest, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY A. TUTTLE.

Witnesses:

RUTH 1i. MAooMBEn, FREDERICK C. BURBANK. 

